The GW Hatchet: FoBoGro fined $30,000 for selling alcohol to underage customers
An on-campus grocery store will pay tens of thousands of dollars for selling alcohol to underage consumers last spring, according to an Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Association order issued last week.
The Eagle: Rise in alcohol transports reflects “normalization” of binge drinking on campus and off,…
She never thought this would be the way she started her freshman year. After a night of drinking in her residence hall, Rachel was transported to a local hospital after a resident assistant believed her health was at risk. After that night,…
Washington Post: Washington Ballet is struggling with empty seats and a $3 million debt. What will…
Two years after replacing its successful, longtime artistic director with a celebrated ballerina who had never run a company, the Washington Ballet is struggling to close a $3 million debt and attract audiences to its dramatic change in…
Mayor Bowser Announces Job Training Partnership for District Residents with Ford Motor Company’s…
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Mayor Bowser Announces Job Training Partnership for District Residents with Ford Motor Company’s Autonomous Vehicle Program
Ford and DC…
WAMU: D.C. Will Soon Have A New Fleet Of Self-Driving Cars
A new fleet of self-driving cars is coming to Washington, D.C. early next year. Ford Motor Company will begin testing autonomous vehicles here starting in early 2019, with plans to launch the cars commercially in 2021.
NBC4: DC Considering ‘No Right Turn on Red’ Rules to Boost Street Safety
D.C. officials are considering banning right turns on red in some parts of the city as a way to increase street safety, News4 has learned. "No Right Turn on Red" could be the law of the land in the downtown Central Business District and be…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Dear Mayor Bowser: D.C.’s first night mayor has got to be a mom. How…
Dear Mayor Bowser, While you may be considering hipsters or partiers or fashion divas of the dark to be your new night mayor, that’s all wrong. Because besides Dracula, you know who works hardest after the sun sets? That’s right — moms.
AG Racine Sues ICE for Answers About Immigration Crackdowns in DC
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City Paper: Adams Morgan Rallies to Save Its Local Grocery Store
Ho Sang Cho is worried about what will happen if his Adams Morgan business, Metro K Supermarket, is forced to close because he can't afford the rent increases and meet other demands from his landlord. "There's no real grocery store around…
WAMU: New Kennedy Center Play Tells A Story Of Gun Violence With A Local Twist
On a recent morning in the bowels of the Kennedy Center, actor Justin Weaks ran lines for the new one-man play Long Way Down. He planted his sneakered feet and stared straight ahead. “The day before yesterday, Sean was shot and killed,” he…
Washington Post: From Model T to driverless: Ford to launch fleet of robot cars in Washington
The black Ford Fusion hybrid with a tiara of laser sensors looped twice through a four-mile stretch of a changing Washington, passing a trendy food hall and a sagging strip mall as it vacuumed up data to build a citywide network of…
Washington Post: An ‘urban Republican’ runs for city council in Trump-despising, Democratic D.C.
Michael Bekesha, a Republican candidate for a D.C. Council seat in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, stood by his booth at the H Street Festival on a sunny October Saturday, having a perfectly civil exchange with two Ward 6 residents.
Mayor Bowser Recognized for Bold Climate Policies, District Wins Bloomberg American Cities Climate…
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Mayor Bowser Recognized for Bold Climate Policies, District Wins Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge
In Recognition of the Mayor’s Urgent Efforts, Bloomberg…
WTOP: Washington National Cathedral hosts ‘change-ringing’ competition
WASHINGTON — If you heard bells ringing for longer than usual Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral, it’s because of the nine teams of ringers from all across the continent showing off their “change-ringing” in Northwest D.C.
Street Sense: More shelter beds for homeless youth in 2019 Winter Plan
As winter approaches, it becomes more dangerous for people experiencing homelessness to remain unsheltered. In preparation, the D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness compiles a winter plan for each fiscal year, covering shelter capacity,…
The Post Editorial Board: The Post’s endorsements for D.C. Council
WITH MAYOR Muriel E. Bowser (D), Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D), D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) — all of whom we have endorsed — facing nominal challenges in their reelection bids,…
DCist: DCision 2018: Your General Election Voting Guide
The November 6 election day is fast approaching, and in D.C., you can cast a ballot even sooner than that—early voting begins on October 22 at these locations and lasts through November 2. Remember: D.C. has same-day voter registration. You…
Kevin Smith in The Post: More broken promises on returning citizens
On July 12, 2016, the D.C. Council passed the Incarceration to Incorporation Entrepreneurship Program Act to provide business planning and related training, college courses in entrepreneurship, apprenticeship training, leadership and…
Ian Jacobs in The Post: D.C. shrugs at slugging’s benefits
It’s no secret: Commuting in the District is a nightmare under the best of conditions. A combination of too many cars and too few public transportation options has left commuters with among the longest average commute times in the nation —…
Philip Kennicott in The Post: How the Park Service plans to help Trump keep protesters off his lawn
The first big lie of the Trump administration had to do with crowds and public space. The day after his Jan. 20, 2017 inauguration, Trump’s official spokesman cited incorrect numbers to back up the president’s claim that “like a million,…